Engagement Manager, Marine Corps

Sitreps; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Sitreps is seeking an Engagement Manager for the Marine Corps to lead end-to-end delivery of signed contracts, coordinating across supply chain, finance, and engineering, and serving as the primary customer contact during delivery.

Based in a remote-ready setup, this role requires frequent travel to customer sites and focuses on training delivery, invoicing, and post‑delivery follow‑on business within an existing US Marine Corps program.

Qualifications

• Five to twelve years of experience in Marine Corps operations or similar defense environments.
• Proven ability to coordinate across supply chain, finance, and engineering without direct authority.
• Strong written and verbal communication with customers and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Own execution of signed contracts end to end from award through completion.
• Serve as the customer's primary point of contact during delivery.
• Coordinate across supply chain, finance, and engineering to move the contract.
• Ensure training and capability delivery are scheduled and executed on time.
• Own invoicing and the commercial administration of the contract.
• Identify gaps and obstacles and resolve them quietly.
• Surface and land follow‑on business inside the accounts.

Skills

Operational Marine Corps background

Excellent communication

Cross-functional coordination

Job description

Engagement Manager, Marine Corps

Company

Defense-technology company (name shared under NDA)

Reports To

Engagement Management leadership

Function

Growth – Engagement Management

Location

Tysons, VA preferred; North Carolina, Texas, or Colorado also possible; remote considered for the right candidate

Travel

Regular travel to customer sites

Compensation

$160K–$210K base + equity

About the Role

This is a fast-growing defense-technology company building autonomous aerial systems and counter‑UAS and air defense capabilities for US government customers. The Growth organization sells and executes contracts across both product lines and runs the capability showcases, demonstrations, and training that go with them. If business development are the hunters, engagement managers are the farmers.

This is program management with the customer relationship attached: once a contract is signed, you see it operationally through to completion. Training scheduled and delivered, equipment moved, invoicing worked, and problems found and solved before they ever reach the customer. Think of it as the non-technical customer success function during execution. Because you own the relationship through delivery, this seat is also a genuine source of follow‑on business. A customer who is served well comes back for another training package or another tranche of units.

This role covers the US Marine Corps as a customer. Engagement management is the company's most built-out team, so you step into an existing structure rather than inventing one. That said, the expectation is that you are executing by week two: week one is orientation, and after that the programs are yours.

Responsibilities

• Own execution of signed contracts end to end, from award through completion.
• Serve as the customer's primary point of contact during delivery.
• Coordinate across supply chain, finance, and engineering to move the contract, without authority over any of them.
• Make sure training and capability delivery are scheduled and executed on time.
• Own invoicing and the commercial administration of the contract.
• Identify gaps and obstacles before they become the customer's problem, and close them quietly.
• Surface and land follow‑on business inside the accounts you run: additional training, additional units, expanded scope.

Requirements

Must-Haves

Five to twelve years of experience.

The team is deliberately being kept balanced rather than top heavy, so this is not a senior‑executive seat.

• Operational Marine Corps background.
• Has served in an operational Marine Corps role and understands how a piece of equipment clears the gate and reaches the Marine who uses it: acquisition and fielding processes, new equipment training, property accountability, and the paperwork chain behind all of it.
• A proactive cross‑functional operator who moves supply chain, finance, and engineering without authority over any of them. Identifies gaps before they surface and exercises sound judgment without being told what to prioritize. An excellent communicator, credible with engineers, finance, and the customer in the same week.

Nice-to-Haves

• Marine Corps logistics, sustainment, or acquisition background, including fielding and new equipment training teams.
• Program or product operations at a defense‑technology company.
• Consulting experience with federal or defense‑technology delivery work, including real client management under pressure.
• Experience in a growth‑stage company where process had to be built or adapted.

NDA is required before the company's identity and full role details are shared.